Farms Near Chester, NJ

Chester

Our Mission Statement Alstede Farms is focused on being the best farm in the northeast. We are dedicated to providing high-quality homegrown local fruits and vegetables and memorable farm experiences. This is accomplished through a highly motivated employee team that is focused on customer service and the sustainable stewardship of God’s natural resources. About the Alstede Family Farm The Alstede Family and team wish to convey our commitment to provide you with the finest quality fruits and veg

Chester

Chester

Family-run farm market and pick-your-own operation in Chester with fields of apples, strawberries, raspberries, pumpkins, and vegetables. The market carries NJ-grown produce, dairy, baked goods, and seasonal plants, and a separate garden center on Route 24 sells orchids and annuals. Fall brings a large corn maze and fun park, and the on-site Rebel Sheep Winery pours tastings. Certified organic by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

Chester

Riamede Farm bills itself as New Jersey's oldest you-pick apple orchard, on Oakdale Road in Chester, Morris County. Beyond fall apple picking, the farm runs pick-your-own vegetables and flowers plus a farm store known for homemade donuts, local honey, eggs, and cheese. Seasonal events include a summer Bloom Fest, Apple Days with cider slushies and wagon rides, and an illuminated pumpkin trail in October. Picking seasons shift with the harvest.

Chester

Chester

A large working farm on Route 24 in Chester, Morris County, with pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, and flowers across the seasons. Fall brings a themed corn maze and sunflower trail, hayrides, and a hard cider garden, while the farm store carries homemade ice cream, baked goods, and dairy. Alstede runs seasonal activities nearly year-round and hosts farm tours, birthday parties, and events. It's one of the better-known agritourism farms in northern New Jersey.

Chester

Parks Farms is on Route 24 in Chester, Morris County, an area known for farm markets and orchards in north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Chester

Chester Township

Hacklebarney Farm Cider Mill presses its own apple cider and bakes fresh doughnuts and baked goods, sold alongside apples, hot dogs, and other treats at its stand on State Park Road in Chester Township, near Hacklebarney State Park. The farm opens for the fall season around Labor Day weekend and hosts school field trips, group tours, and private parties.

Mendham

Flanders

Ashley Farms in Flanders, New Jersey is a fourth-generation family farm specializing in home-grown turkeys, sweet corn, and tomatoes, run full-time by Larry Ashley and his children Scott and Aimee with family and staff support.

River Bend Farm is a farm in New Jersey. The name is common across the country, and no single official website or listing could be confirmed for this NJ operation in a search. Riverside bottomland farms typically grow vegetables or hay on fertile floodplain soil, but this farm's actual crops, products, and location aren't verified here.

Mendham

Middle Valley Farms is on Pleasant Valley Road in Mendham, Morris County, in the farmland of north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact the farm for produce, seasonal offerings, and hours.

Mendham

Peapack

An alpaca farm on Willow Avenue in Peapack, offering hands-on alpaca encounters, feeding, and guided farm tours by reservation. A farm store sells alpaca products including clothing and stuffed animals, and visits are booked through the farm's online system. Weekend hours run 10am to 4pm, with weekday visits by appointment. A family-friendly stop in the countryside of Somerset County's Peapack-Gladstone area.

Mendham

A cut-your-own Christmas tree farm on West Field Road in Mendham, Morris County, growing Fraser, Concolor, and Canaan firs plus Meyer spruce. Along with pre-cut and choose-and-cut trees, it sells wreaths and greens and runs a $3 Christmas train ride, bonfires, and hot chocolate on weekends. The farm opens in late November and takes cash or check only, with an ATM on-site.

Mendham/Randolph Township

Miller's Hill Farm is on Combs Avenue near the Mendham-Randolph line in Morris County, north-central New Jersey. It runs seasonal agritourism. Reach out directly for what they grow and their hours.

Far Hills

Long Valley

Valley Shepherd Creamery makes more than fifty artisan dairy products, cheese especially, on its farm at 50 Fairmount Road in Long Valley. The old-fashioned creamery blends European dairy practices with modern equipment and opens for farm tours, tastings, and special events, all within about an hour of New York City. Reach them at [email protected] or (908) 876-3200.

Randolph

Sun High Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on Canfield Avenue in Randolph, Morris County. Apple picking runs through the fall harvest, and an orchard like this usually pairs it with a farm market selling cider and baked goods. Exact varieties, pricing, and daily hours shift by season and aren't fixed online.

Long Valley

The Long Valley Green Market gathers at 20 Schooley's Mountain Road in Washington Township, a Morris County valley ringed by farmland and the Schooley's Mountain ridge. Local growers and makers bring seasonal produce, baked goods, and prepared foods on market days. Confirm the current schedule with the organizers, since the market runs a warm-season calendar.

Long Valley

Our "Belties" are grass-fed and grain-finished. We raise our cattle with absolutely no use of hormones, antibiotics, or steroids. Our steer are grain-finished on non-gmo barley. This year we welcomed 13 calves, all direct descendants of our prized bull, pictured above.

Long Valley

The Ort family settled in Long Valley (previously known as German Valley) in the mid 1800s. Harvey S. Ort, son of William Ort, had a farm operation on Spring Lane in the Schooley's Mountain section of Long Valley. In 1916, the son of Harvey S. Ort, Jacob W. Ort moved off his fathers farm on Spring Lane into the valley to our current location on Bartley Road. He moved into the farmhouse and started farming on his own, operating primarily as a dairy farm and raising livestock. Jacob and his wife,

Long Valley

The Ort family settled in Long Valley (previously known as German Valley) in the mid 1800s. Harvey S. Ort, son of William Ort, had a farm operation on Spring Lane in the Schooley's Mountain section of Long Valley. In 1916, the son of Harvey S. Ort, Jacob W. Ort moved off his fathers farm on Spring Lane into the valley to our current location on Bartley Road. He moved into the farmhouse and started farming on his own, operating primarily as a dairy farm and raising livestock. Jacob and his wife,

Long Valley

Totten Family Farm, also called Heritage Valley, sits on Naughright Road in Long Valley, part of Washington Township in western Morris County's farm belt. Public detail is limited. Family farms in this rolling valley run to livestock, hay, and seasonal produce. Contact the farm directly to learn what it raises or grows and whether it sells to the public or hosts visitors.

Doctor's Farm Market operates at 177 West Mill Road in Long Valley, part of Washington Township in Morris County's Highlands. Roadside markets in this valley sell sweet corn, tomatoes, and other Jersey Fresh crops through summer, then pumpkins and apples into fall. Call ahead to confirm seasonal hours, since farm stands here open with the harvest.

Long Valley

We are committed to the highest level of environmental stewardship. Building healthy soil is the key to our farming philosophy. We never use chemicals! We source local, premium compost for the farm. That, along with the cover crops we plant, enriches our soil with balanced, natural nutrients and helps fight weeds, pests and diseases. Together they add organic matter which sustains a healthy soil environment teeming with diverse microbial life. The healthier the soil, the healthier the plants! Click here to learn more about our regenerative organic farming methods.

Netcong

Hackettstown

Bedminster

The Bedminster Farmers Market is dedicated to promoting and encouraging local agriculture by providing a marketplace for quality locally-grown products from independently owned and operated farms. The Bedminster Farmers Market is a forum for residents to appreciate our agricultural community and the importance of maintaining land for agricultural uses. The Bedminster Farmers Market is a family-friendly opportunity to build and maintain a greater sense of community for all of our residents.

Oldwick

Melick's Town Farm is New Jersey's largest apple and peach grower, run by the Melick family, who have farmed in the state since 1728. The Oldwick site houses a cider mill and farm market that presses fresh cider through the fall. The operation also runs locations in Califon and Bridgewater, with pick-your-own apples, peaches, and pumpkins in season plus a bakery.

Melick's Town Farm's Oldwick location is the flagship of New Jersey's largest apple and peach grower, a family operation running for generations in Tewksbury Township. The farm presses its own cider and produces Melick's hard cider, and the Oldwick market sells apples, peaches, pumpkins, baked goods, and cider doughnuts. Fall weekends bring pick-your-own and a busy market. Check the website for pressing dates, pick-your-own openings, and market hours across the season.

Harding Township

Wightman's Farms sits on Mount Kemble Avenue (Route 202) in Harding Township near Morristown, Morris County. The long-running operation is known for pick-your-own apples in fall, a farm market with produce and baked goods, and a garden center. Apple season and market hours shift year to year and aren't fixed online.

Hopatcong

This market meets at 111 River Styx Road in Hopatcong, the Sussex County borough on Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey's largest lake. Vendors bring seasonal produce and local food to lake-community residents and summer visitors during the warmer months. Check with the borough for current market days and the vendor lineup.

Wharton

One of New Jersey's largest haunted attractions, located on West Dewey Avenue in Wharton, Morris County. The complex runs multiple walk-through haunted houses during the Halloween season plus horror-themed escape rooms open much of the year. It's an indoor scare experience rather than a working farm, drawing horror fans from across the state each October.

Meagan's Organic Eggs is a small New Jersey producer of organic eggs. Organic certification means the hens eat certified-organic feed and get outdoor access under USDA standards. No website or public listing came up in a search, so flock details and where the eggs are sold aren't confirmed here.

Califon

The Califon Orchards are Melick's pick-your-own site, spread across hillside blocks along County Road 513 in Hunterdon County. This is where visitors head in fall to pick apples straight off the tree and, earlier in summer, peaches, part of the same family farm that runs the Oldwick and Bridgewater markets. Rows open variety by variety as fruit ripens, so check Melick's website for what's ready to pick before driving out.

Hackettstown

Hackettstown

Hackettstown

Donaldson Farms has been helping to keep the Hackettstown area green and healthy for over 100 years. Our Northern New Jersey farm features hundreds of acres of fruits and vegetables, pumpkin picking, strawberry picking, farm education, group tours, private tours, birthday parties, corporate events and more. Our Farm Market offers a full line of fresh fruits, vegetables and herbs, fresh baked pies, our own jams, jellies, sauces, salsa and soups, local honey and honey products, gluten free product

Bridgewater

Full Moon Farm sits on Washington Valley Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County. Its crops and offerings aren't clearly documented online. Farms along this stretch tend to grow vegetables, flowers, and seasonal pick-your-own. Contact the farm to confirm what it grows and when it's open.

Ripple Hill Farm is on Mountain Road in the Basking Ridge area of Bernards Township, Somerset County (ZIP 07920), north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Allamuchy

Denville

Union Hill Farms sells its harvest through a roadside stand on Cooper Road in Denville and at farmers markets around Morris County. It bills itself as the oldest continuously run farm in the county, with roots back to 1793 and the current operation now marking 40 years. The stand carries seasonal Jersey produce.

Andover

Morristown

We have many opportunities at The Urban Farm and at our Early Street Community Garden. We are incredibly proud of the work that we do in educating our community and growing food sustainably. In 2021, The Urban Farm grew 30,000 pounds of produce and donated 11,000 pounds to local food pantries. We offer classes and volunteer opportunities for participants of all ages to learn about the benefits to growing your own food.

Morristown

Morristown

Morristown

Andover

Sussex County Strawberry Farm runs pick-your-own strawberries each June on Route 206 in Andover, then shifts to summer produce and a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze. The farm pulls families from across northern New Jersey during berry season. Its site is sussexcountystrawberryfarm.com.

Vienna

Lebanon

Valley Brook Farm is on High Street in Lebanon Borough, Hunterdon County, in the rolling farm country of west-central New Jersey. It's listed for agritourism, but crops, products, and visitor hours aren't posted online.

Independence Township

Kash Farm is on Petersburg Road in Independence Township, Warren County, near the black-dirt vegetable country around Great Meadows. Specific crops and offerings aren't posted online. Reach the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells on-site or at local markets.

Hackettstown

A seasonal Halloween attraction on Mt. Bethel Road in Hackettstown, running a haunted hayride and a walk-through haunted house through October in Warren County. Dates, ticket prices, and hours change each year, so confirm directly before making the drive.

Green Township

Bob Cahill Farm is on Pequest Road in Green Township, Sussex County, along the Pequest River valley. Its offerings aren't detailed online. Contact the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells at the farm or nearby markets.

Bridgewater

Taida Orchids grows phalaenopsis and exotic orchids at a greenhouse on Foothill Road in Bridgewater, selling both wholesale and direct to the public. Beyond potted orchids in several sizes, they carry arrangements, succulents, and cut flowers. The store is open to walk-ins Monday through Saturday, unusual for a grower this size, so you can browse the greenhouse stock in person. Call ahead during holidays, when orchid demand spikes and stock moves fast.

Andover borough

Somerville

Somerset County Regional Farmers Market will be bringing local farmers and vendors every Sun, May 4- Nov 23, 10-1 at the Somerville Middle School parking lot (corner of High St and Davenport St, Somerville NJ 08876)

Warren

Wagner Farm Arboretum is a nonprofit arboretum and community farm on Mountain Avenue in Warren, Somerset County. The grounds hold display gardens, rentable community garden plots and open green space, with hands-on horticulture and youth education programs. A seasonal farm stand sells produce grown on-site.